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Global Politics
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Global Politics explores the complex interactions and power dynamics between states, international organizations, and non-state actors within the international system. The course examines major theories of international relations, the role of globalization, the impact of economic, environmental, and security issues, as well as challenges such as conflict, diplomacy, human rights, and global governance. Through case studies and critical analysis, students gain an understanding of current global events and develop the analytical tools necessary to interpret shifting political landscapes and the interconnected nature of todays world.
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Essentials of Comparative Politics Fifth Edition by Patrick H. ONeil
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) One big rift within the study of comparative politics is:
A)quantitative versus didactic research.
B)epistemology versus ontology.
C)religious versus secular research.
D)quantitative versus qualitative research.
E)structural versus ideational.
Answer: D
Q2) An institution can be defined as any:
A)organization or activity that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake.
B)large, monolithic organization that depends on a core bureaucracy and a set of standard operating procedures.
C)object or value that people support through public funds.
D)organization or action that is subject to government regulation.
E)spontaneous movement that is unable to sustain itself.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: States
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Q1) A small state government successfully makes major changes to its public education policy out of belief that it is the best thing for the people, even though the public largely opposes the new policy.At the same time, the state proves largely incapable of maintaining law and order or providing food and medical care in a region that is suffering through a drought.In which of the following ways could this state be categorized?
A)failed state
B)high capacity, high autonomy state
C)low capacity, high autonomy state
D)high capacity, low autonomy state
E)low capacity, low autonomy state
Answer: C
Q2) The text suggests that the difficulty of amending the U.S.Constitution is evidence of the power of:
A)rational-legal legitimacy.
B)traditional legitimacy.
C)modern bureaucratic "red tape."
D)federalism.
E)charismatic legitimacy.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Nations and Society
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Q1) Which of the following statements about ethnicity is accurate?
A)Ascription typically reduces ethnic solidarity through culture clash.
B)Language often spans across ethnicities and reduces ethnic cohesion.
C)Ethnic solidarity can lessen willingness to share resources with groups that are ethnically different.
D)Ethnic designations typically dissolve social solidarity.
E)People typically choose their ethnicities through a cultural adoption process.
Answer: C
Q2) Political attitudes refers to views regarding:
A)the necessary pace and scope of change in the balance between freedom and equality.
B)the intersection and relationship between ethnic and national identities.
C)the tendency of different societies to participate in politics.
D)the proper role of elected officials.
E)the means by which ethnic or nationalistic conflicts should be settled.
Answer: A
Q3) What are the most important political aspirations related to national identity? What major factors can contribute to the formation of a national identity?
Answer: Answer :Answers will vary.
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Chapter 4: Political Economy
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Q1) Which political-economic system views the economy as an instrument to serve state power and national sovereignty?
A)social democracy
B)communism
C)mercantilism
D)liberalism
E)anarchism
Q2) What is a primary tactic used by central banks to combat inflation?
A)making credit less expensive
B)raising interest rates
C)printing more money
D)increasing the money supply
E)setting lending rates very low
Q3) Mercantilism is best associated with which of the following policies?
A)free trade
B)tariff barriers
C)elimination of all private property
D)neocorporatism
E)national health care
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Chapter 5: Democratic Regimes
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Q1) In which of the following ways does a parliamentary system differ from a presidential one?
A)Prime ministers serve for shorter fixed terms than presidents.
B)Prime ministers must command a majority to stay in office; presidents do not.
C)Election dates are more easily altered in presidential systems than in parliamentary systems.
D)Presidents are more easily removed from office than prime ministers.
E)Prime ministers are directly elected by the people, while presidents must be elected indirectly through an electoral college.
Q2) Which of the following accurately describes a component of a mixed electoral system?
A)Voters are allowed two votes, one for a candidate and one for a party.
B)Voters are allowed two votes, one for a prime minister and the other for a legislative representative.
C)Voters participate in a combination of proportional representation and multimember districts.
D)Voters are allowed two votes, but both must go toward the same party (even if they are made for different candidates).
E)The structure steers voters toward support of very small, independent parties.
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Chapter 6: Nondemocratic Regimes
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Q1) Can authoritarian rule be legitimate? Why or why not? Should all people live under democracy? What are the possible benefits and potential dangers that result from promoting this goal?
Q2) Bureaucratic authoritarianism typically relies on the close cooperation of which groups?
A)the military and the state bureaucracy
B)the state bureaucracy and organized labor
C)the military and organized labor
D)the state bureaucracy and the legislature
E)the judiciary and the military
Q3) Which of the following represents a challenge to the behavioral revolution's assertion about the relationship between nondemocratic rule and modernization?
A)One cannot find countries where capitalism and authoritarianism exist simultaneously.
B)Authoritarianism can be found only alongside capitalism.
C)Modernization's disruptive process can lead to nondemocratic rule.
D)Many wealthy countries in the world are nondemocratic.
E)The presence of a strong middle class has proven to be a key component of modernization.
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Chapter 7: Political Violence
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Q1) Terrorism can be defined as:
A)the use of violence by nonstate actors against states in order to achieve a political goal.
B)the use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.
C)the use of violence by states against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.
D)the use of violence by civilians against states in order to achieve a political goal.
E)the use of any kind of political violence by states or civilians.
Q2) Some warn that too much centralized power to fight terrorism could lead to:
A)unitary government.
B)a surveillance state.
C)hyperdemocracy.
D)nihilism.
E)illiberalism.
Q3) What distinguishes a terrorist, a guerrilla, and a revolutionary? How do these terms relate to one another? Can there be overlap, or are they very different categories?
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Chapter 8: Developed Democracies
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the nature of integration as it has developed in the European Union?
A)It grew to its present state through a series of incremental agreements negotiated over several decades, including as recently as the 2000s.
B)It largely came into being with a transfer of power resulting from the supranational "constitution moment" of the 1950s.
C)Current EU structure has now reached the level of an "intergovernmental" system like the United Nations.
D)Member opposition to relinquishing sovereignty has kept the EU's level of integration largely stagnant since the 1980s.
E)The EU, after decades of integration, has begun to reverse course and devolve some important policy powers back to the member states.
Q2) Describe how devolution and integration have become the greatest forces of change in developed democracies.Give a real-world example of each process.
Q3) Which is the better approach to dealing with immigration: multiculturalism or assimilation? What are the benefits of and drawbacks to each?
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Chapter 9: Communism and Postcommunism
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Q1) How were gender relations, ethnic identities, and civil society handled under communist regimes? Were ethnic identities reduced or sharpened, and why?
Q2) Lenin's term for those who would need to carry out revolution in a less advanced country is the:
A)proletariat masses.
B)conscious activists.
C)vanguard of the proletariat.
D)counterhegemon.
E)avant-garde.
Q3) In which of the following ways do postcommunist success stories like Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic differ from countries with less successful records like Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia?
A)They have a greater precommunist history of healthy civil society.
B)They were more heavily influenced by the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.
C)They are much more ethnically diverse.
D)They were more heavily industrialized after the fall of communism.
E)They had less contact with the West during communist rule.
Q4) Why was communism able to spread across such a large part of the globe? What explains its attraction?
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Chapter 10: Developing Countries
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Q1) Some observers of less-developed countries use the term ________ to describe the unequal economic relationship between those countries and advanced democracies in the modern postcolonial era.
A)"quasisocialism"
B)"neocolonialism"
C)"pseudocapitalism"
D)"protoliberalism"
E)"ultraliberalism"
Q2) A small country has applied for membership in an economic union.Before membership is granted, the ruling body of the union requires that the applicant state reduce its budget deficit to a specific percentage of GDP.This type of arrangement could be classified as:
A)structural reform.
B)microfinance.
C)conditionality.
D)neoliberalism.
E)export-oriented adjustment.
Q3) Why have less-developed countries had such difficulty in building effective states? What particular roles do ethnic and national identities contribute to this difficulty?
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Chapter 11: Globalization and the Future of Comparative
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Q1) Critics of globalization speak of the problem of a "democratic deficit," meaning:
A)democratic processes within states will weaken and limit the power of citizens to elect their own regional governments.
B)nonstate organizations need to be given more power in order to keep states in check.
C)traditional forms of participation are outdated, and globalization should be used to build "electronic democracy."
D)the movement of power toward international organizations may reduce public representation and control.
E)nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations will take on increasing democratic processes, reducing their ability to act quickly and efficiently.
Q2) The idea of Thomas Friedman's "golden straitjacket" is that globalization will:
A)reduce all political decisions to economic ones.
B)limit an individual citizen's faith in traditional government.
C)bind states to international agreements that reduce violent conflict.
D)increase state autonomy in economic matters.
E)exacerbate competition among states for natural resources.
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